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ICE Data Services

Connectivity & Feeds

Because secure, reliable and low latency access to global markets is crucial to maintaining a firm’s reputation, revenues and client relationships, we developed industry-leading connectivity solutions for the markets and data you need. Our connectivity solutions offer coverage of over 150 trading venues and 600+ market data and news sources across the U.S., Europe and Asia.

Connections to ICE and NYSE Markets

We offer several Internet, direct and colocation services to meet the needs of your business:

  • The Secure Financial Transactions Infrastructure (SFTI®) for secure, resilient connectivity via a single point of access SFTI ® Self-Service Portal
  • SFTI Plus network extension, for flexible solutions combining low latency with managed bandwidth and hosting services and also access throughout the Asia Pacific region
  • Colocation services for the space, power and connectivity needed for housing your servers and other infrastructure systems on-site at one of our award-winning liquidity centers in the U.S. (Mahwah, New Jersey and Chicago, Illinois) and the UK (Basildon, Essex) – see Colocation and Hosting below for more details
  • Internet-based application services and VPN options for low bandwidth access to selected trading services, market data and data valuation services
  • Dedicated ICE access to the ICE trading and clearing systems located in Chicago via ICE Hub

Global Connectivity

Network Topology

Direct Market Access


SFTI Global Market Access

The Secure Financial Transaction Infrastructure® (SFTI®) is a highly resilient private network that connects you to 150 global markets, including the ICE and NYSE markets, through a single point of access. The markets connected through SFTI span the equities, fixed income, futures, options and foreign exchange asset classes, and your connection enables you to securely route orders and get streamlined access to more than 600 market data feeds, clearing and other trading services.

Purpose-built for the capital markets community, SFTI is a fully managed and dedicated MPLS network engineered to avoid single points of failure and maximize up-time. SFTI Global Market Access, which is available in over 34 access locations globally, simplifies connectivity and provides the necessary resilience for the smooth running of the markets. Alongside the SFTI network is SFTI Plus and the legacy Atrium network, expanding into Canada and Asia Pacific, and extending access in Europe.

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SFTI Wireless
Access critical data from the major global trading hubs, and analyze comprehensive real-time data with unrivaled, ultra-low latency connectivity. Exclusive routes between Toronto and New Jersey and between Chicago and Tokyo provide the most efficient access to North American and Asian financial markets, and wireless connectivity options extend from New Jersey to the Chicago metro trading hub and within the New Jersey Metro area.

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SFTI Low Latency Solutions

Low latency access to matching engines and market data has moved from a competitive differentiator to a necessity for many trading applications and firms. We provide a growing list of connection options designed specifically for optimized latency including:

  • SFTI Plus Direct Market Access (DMA) uses low latency, point-to-point circuits and low latency carrier grade switching hardware to provide fast market data as well as order routing without the added latency of a traditional normalized feed. DMA connectivity can be provided in one of our 30 data and access centers or provisioned over our low latency redundant backbone for access at a self-managed facility.
  • SFTI Plus Low Latency Network offers market participants faster transport of market data and order execution services between the NYSE U.S Liquidity Center (USLC) in Mahwah, NJ and the major New York metro area trading hubs of Carteret and Secaucus.
  • Flexible Solutions - select from ultra-low latency wireless, direct cross connects, dark fiber connectivity and dedicated circuits or a combination to suit your requirements
  • SFTI and SFTI Plus Network Topology
  • Legacy Atrium Network Topology

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SFTI & SFTI Plus Colocation and Hosting

We offer a range of options for customers with latency sensitive applications requiring space colocated or in close proximity to ICE and non-ICE markets. We provide connectivity infrastructure designed to ensure no local, single point of failure, as well as remote Smart Hands on-site assistance for your hosted equipment within our shared or dedicated racks. This offering includes:

  • Colocation at ICE data centers in the U.S. (Chicago, Illinois, Mahwah, New Jersey), Canada (TMX Markham), and UK (Basildon, Essex) with options ranging from high density powered full cabinets to entry-level partial cabinets.
  • SFTI Plus Hosting Centers in 10 locations across North America and Europe, including racking and cabling services for equipment you choose to host; dedicated and shared cabinet hosting provided.
  • NPL Timing Services that provide accurate timestamping, including for GPS, PTP and NTP as inputs to measure latency in market data and order routing.

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SFTI Managed Services

We can build and operate fully managed services that enable customers to better manage cost. Our services include managed connections all the way to a managed device at the client site and managed bandwidth.

  • SFTI Managed Connections where we procure, configure, and manage all components of this end-to-end service, and ensure connectivity is established from the managed device at your site. This relieves you of having to manage, identify and troubleshoot connectivity issues.
  • SFTI Managed Bandwidth for connecting to multiple locations; this leverages the SFTI backbone and allows for flexible growth along with the ability to choose a bandwidth profile that fits your real traffic needs.

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Consolidated Feed On SFTI

Access normalized data from the Consolidated Feed through our secure and resilient SFTI® network.

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Consolidated Feed

The ICE Data Consolidated Feed aggregates content from over 450 sources, including OTC brokers like Tullett Prebon and ICAP, and extensive Asia Pacific coverage and streaming fixed income evaluated prices, in a normalized format supported by our distributed ticker plant architecture across the globe. It leverages our highly sophisticated, latency-optimized infrastructure that offers secure, reliable access to more than 150 trading venues. We were voted Best Low-Latency Data Feed Provider (Waters Ranking) in 2015.

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Tick History

With access to our comprehensive suite of tick history services, you’re able to meet historical data needs ranging from designing and back-testing trading strategies to addressing compliance and regulatory requirement to powering charting and technical analytics tools on your desktop applications. We provide clean, comprehensive coverage from more than 200 global sources, facilitate the collection and distribution of historical data, and enable fast and efficient tick data storage.

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